thank you. >> thank you, senator clobuchar, thank you for introducing this legislation and look forward to your comments today. >> thank you very much, chair cantwell and thank you to our two witnesses, i was moouzed as you came in and saw 25 senators sitting here thought it would be a different hearing but there was a mark-up and all is good. i also thank my colleague, senator thune, we work well together on many issues in minnesota and south dakota and this is certainly a very important one. as has been pointed out now by my colleagues, the past two years have highlighted significant supply chain disruptions and vulnerabilities for u.s. exporters, including many in my home state, whether it is a soy bean farmer in minnesota or as pointed out by the chair woman, a citrus producer in florida, whether it is a beet producer in south dakota or dairy farmer in wisconsin, people felt this in a big, big way. now it also ends up in the grocery store when people are trying to buy milk and see a price or when people are trying to buy eggs or beef, we have seen this across the board. so while we'